Essays in Labor and Demographic Economics

Essay 1: (co-written with Olof Åslund) We study the impact of family size on intermediate and long-term outcomes using twin births as an exogenous source of varia¬tion in family size in an unusually rich dataset. Similar to recent studies, we find no evidence of a causal effect on long-term outcomes...

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Main Author: Grönqvist, Hans
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Uppsala universitet, Nationalekonomiska institutionen 2009
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